Curtain and shade-roller support.



J. U. SEYMOUR.

CURTAIN AND SHADE ROLLER SUPPORT.

APPLICATION FILED MAY7, 1909.

1,061,202. Patented May a, 1913.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN C. SEYMOUR, OF NEW YORK, N. Y

CURTAIN AND SHADE-ROLLER SUPPORT.

To all whom it may] concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN G. Snrnoun, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of New York, county and State of New York, haveinventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Curtain and Shade- RollerSupports, of which the following is a specification,

My invention relates to supporting devices; and, while it may beembodied in constructions adapted for various purposes, it is moreparticularly applicable to curtain and shade roller supports.

Objects of the invention are to provide a device of the characterreferred to in which supports for a shade roller and a rod for a curtainare furnished; which can be adjustably secured to the sides of thewindow frame; which can be adjusted to fit different sizes of windows;whose members are secured together in such manner that the entire devicemay be readily adjusted vertically; and to provide a device of thecharacter aforesaid which shall be simple and durable in construction,easily adjusted, highly efficient in operation, and whose parts are few,conveniently arranged, and may be duplicated. These and other objects ofthe invention will in part be obvious and in part be made clear from thefollowing description.

My invention consists in the novel parts, improvements, combinations,and features of construction herein shown and described.

In the accompanying drawing, which is referred to herein and forms apart hereof, is illustrated an embodiment of the invention, the sameserving in connection with the description herein to explain theprinciples of the invention.

Of the drawing: Figure 1 is a front elevation of an embodiment of myinvention, the same being shown as attached to a window casing and ashaving a shade and shade roller mounted therein; and Figs. 2 and-i areside elevations of details.

A curtain and shade roller support constructed in accordance with onefeature of my invention includes in combination, side bars or bracketmembers, means for adjustably securing said side bars to a window frame,an extensible curtain rod, said rod being rigidly secured at itsopposite ends to said side bars, and means for supporting a shaderoller.

A curtain and shade roller support con- Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 7, 1909.

IIat-cnted May 6, 1.913.

Serial No. 494,594.

structed in accordance with certain other 'leatl'lres of my inventionincludes in combination, side bars or bracket members, said bars beingoffset at their upper ends and said offset portions having apertures toreceive the spring and pivot ends respectively of a shade roller, guidemembers adapted to be fastened to a window frame, said side bars beingslidably mounted in said guide members, thumb screws for securing saidside bars in said guide members, a handle at the lower end of each sidebar, and a telescopic curtain rod rigidly secured at its 0pposite endsto said side bars, said bars being bent inwardly from the window frameat their upper ends.

Referring now in detail to the drawing, the embodiment of the inventionillustrated comprises a pair of side bars or bracket members 1, whichare shown as attached to a window frame 2. While said bars may besecured to the window casing in various ways, preferably and as shown,guide members 3 are securely fastened to the said frame and the bars 1are slidably mounted therein, being held in any desired position bymeans of thumb screws 4. To facilitate the adjustment of said side bars,each said bar is provided at its lower end with a handle 5.

A feature of the invention resides in the means provided for supportinga curtain rod. lVhilc this means may take various forms and be arrangedin various ways, preferably and as shown, said side bars are each bentat their upper ends so as to project inwardly a suitable distance fromthe window frame. To the end of one of said side bars is rigidly securedas by riveting one end an interiorly threaded collar 6 projectin; in thedirection of the other side bar, and to the upper end of the other sidebar is rigidly secured a member 7 as by riveting one end, preferablyexteriorly threaded, projecting in the direction of the collar 6. Ahollow rod 8, having one end interiorly threaded, is screwed to themember 7, while a rod 9, which may be solid, is exteriorly threaded atone end and screwed into the collar 6. The hollow rod 8 is of a suitablebore to permit the rod 9 to slide in said rod 8, and said rods 8 and 9are of suitable respective lengths to permit the device to be adjustedto different widths of windows. The curtain is hung upon the telescopicrod formed by the members 8 and 9 and will hang clear of the shadehereinafter referred to by reason of the projecting upper ends of theside bars, as heretofore explained, It will also be noted that by reasonof the rigid connections, at its opposite ends, of the telescopiccurtain rod to the side bars, it will only be necessary to grasp thehandle of one side bar to lower at will the entire frame formed by saidside bars and curtain rod, bot-h thumb screws l being properlymanipulated.

Another feature of the invention resides in the means provided forsupporting a shade roller. WVhile, so far as certain other features ofthe invention are concerned, said shade support may be variously formedand arranged, preferably and as shown, the said side bars are suitablyoffset at their upper ends in a direction toward each other and at asuitable distance below the projecting or bent ends which support thecurtain rod, one of said offset portions 11 having a round aperture 12adapted to receive the pivot end of a shade roller, and the other ofsaid offset portions 13 having an orifice 14, preferably rectangular,adapted to receive the spring end of the shade roller. In the embodimentillustrated, I have shown these apertures 12 and 14 in a form which willrequire the insertion of the shade roller in place before theapplication of the side bars to the window frame and which will requirethe detachment of said side bars from the frame before the removal ofthe shade roller can be effected, the idea being to provide for theattachment of all the parts as a unitary structure to a window frame ata single operation and to guard against the displacement of the curtainrod or shade holder after attachment. It will thus be noted that toremove the shade roller it will be necessary to displace the side barslaterally with relation to each other, and this, of course, can only bedone after said bars have been de tached from the window frame.

It will be seen that by reason of the conto be lowered so as to permitunobstructed ventilation when the window is opened at the top; which issimple and durable in con: struction; which is highly efiicient inoperation and easily manipulated; and which, while neat and unobtrusivein design and appearance, yet lends itself easily to fanciful effects,if desired. Other advantages will be apparent to those skilled in theart.

My invention in its broader aspects is not limited to the preciseconstruction shown and described nor to any particular construction bywhich the same has been or may be carried into effect, as many changesmay e made in the details thereof without 16- parting from the mainprinciples of the invention and without sacrificing its chiefadvantages.

I claim:

1. A curtain. and shade-holder support including in combination, a pairof elongated bracket members, each member being angulated at its upperend and provided adjacent said angulated end with an offset having anaperture, the portions of the member above and below said offset beingin sub stantially the same vertical plane and the apertures in saidoffsets being adapted to receive the spring and pivot ends,respectively, of a shade roller, and an extensible curtain-rod rigidlysupported in the angulated portions of said bracket-members.

2. A curtain and shade-holder support including in combination, a pairof elongated bracket-members, each member being angulated at its upperend and provided adjacent said angulated end with an offset having anaperture, the portions of the member above and below said offset beingin substantially the same vertical plane and the apertures in saidoffsets being adapted to receive the spring and pivot ends,respectively, of a shade roller, an extensible curtain-rod rigidlysupported in the angulated portions of said bracket-members, andguide-members of less length than the bracket-members and adapted to besecured to the window-frame and to embrace said bracket-members.

3. A curtain and shade-holder support including in combination, a pairof elongated bracket-members, each member being angulated at its upperend and provided adjacent said angulated end wit-h an offset having anaperture, the portions of the member above and below said offset beingin substantially the same vertical plane and the apertures in saidoffsets being adapted to receive the spring and pivot ends,respectively, of a shade roller an extensible curtain-rod rigidlysupported in the angulated portions of said bracket-members,guide-members of less length than the bracket-members and adapted to besecured to the window-frame and to embrace said bracket-members, andthumbscrews threaded into said guide-members for adjustably holding thebracket members therein.

4. A curtain and shade-holder support ineluding in combination, a pairof elongated I 1'.

length than the bracket-members and adapted to be secured to thewindow-frame and to embrace said bracket-members, thumb-screws threadedinto said guide-members for ad justably holdin the bracket-memberstherein, and a hanc le carried by each of said bracket-members andextending outwardly from the face thereof.

5. A curtain and shade-holder support including in combination, a pairof bracketmembers each comprising an elongated bodyportion, ahandle-portion at its lower end, an angulated portion at its upper end,and an offset portion adjacent the angulated portion; said ofi'setportions of the respective members extending outwardly toward each otherand occupying a position parallel with each other; said angulatedportions extending in a direction at an angle to said offset portions;and an extensible curtain-rod rig- 20 idly supported in said angulatedportions; and a shade roller removably supported in said offset portionsand occupying a position in a plane below and to one side of that of thecurtain-rod.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification, inthe presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN C. SEYMOUR.

WM. J. DOLAN.

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